When you watch enough bad movies in life, common sense goes for a toss. The most obvious things – like language – stop making sense. For instance, deep into the hellfire that is Wild Wild Punjab, I ...

The smartest thing about Sharmajee Ki Beti, Tahira Kashyap Khurrana’s directorial debut, is its title. The term is a riff on the colloquial Indianism “Sharmaji Ka Beta,” the perfect hypothetical boy ...

We have a screenplay — a bible that interconnects complicated characters in its universe — that moves like a cheetah. Nothing is really just a coincidence in Maharaja. Which means an adorable but ...

One can take notes from Thalavan’s screenwriters, Anand Thevarkatt and Sarath Perumbavoor, on how to write a great setup. The investigation the film revolves around is first presented in hindsight as ...

PT Sir aims to convey a very strong and important statement about sexual harassment and victim blaming. But director Karthik Venugopalan seems to be hesitant in pinning all his hopes on just the ...

All We Imagine As Light is an evocative, stirring portrait of Mumbai and its people – especially immigrants. Payal Kapadia, making her feature debut, tells the story of two Malayali nurses – Prabha, ...

Ever wanted to dive into a feel-good movie script that's both heartwarming and hilarious? Look no further than Laapataa Ladies! Directed by Kiran Rao, this charming satire takes you on a wild ride ...

In Hari’s newest film, the violent Rathnam, Priya Bhavani Shankar’s Mallika casually drops a rather philosophical line. “There is no definition for good and bad,” she says, as she realises that the ...

The treatment never judges the couple for their situation. The tone is matter-of-fact and dry for the most part: This is their routine, this is their marriage, and it is what it is. It’s not the ...

Most Indian biopics are shackled by their relationship with history. Reverence becomes the default lens; stories are chosen to educate, not excavate. There is no room for opinion, and film-making is ...

Crew revolves around the get-rich-quick adventures of three flight attendants – newbie Divya Rana (Kriti Sanon), mid-career Jasmine Kohli (Kareena Kapoor Khan) and veteran Geeta Sethi (Tabu) – who ...

It began with an ultimatum. Writer-director Paresh Mokashi and his wife, writer and producer Madhugandha Kulkarni told Ashish Avinash Bende that if he didn’t write down the stories he regaled them ...